Yosemite National Park Bumble Bee Guide 🐝

White-shouldered Bumble Bee

Long tongue
Long head

Crotch's Bumble Bee

Queen 22 - 25 mm
Worker 12 - 20 mm
Male 14 - 19 mm

Great Basin Bumble Bee

Long tongue

Size
Queen 16 - 18 mm
Workers 10 - 13 mm
Male 12 - 14 mm

High Country Bumble Bee

Long tongue, hear moderately long

Size
Queen 19 - 21 mm
Worker 11 - 19 mm
Male 13 - 17 mm

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee

Small body

Queen 15 - 19 mm
Worker 8 - 14 mm
Male 8 - 13 mm

Fog-belt Bumble Bee

Queen 16 - 18 mm
Worker 11 - 13 mm
Male 11 - 13 mm

California Bumble Bee

Long tongue

Size
Queen 18 - 21 mm
Worker 11 - 17 mm
Male 13 - 16 mm

Hunt's Bumble Bee

Queen 18 - 21 mm
Workers 8 - 17 mm
Male 10 - 15 mm

Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Queen 16-20 mm
No workers
Male 11-16 mm

Yellow Head Bumble Bee

Queen 16 - 18 mm
Workers 10 - 13 mm
Male 10 - 14 mm

Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Queen 16 - 19 mm
Workers 10 - 16 mm
Male 11 - 14 mm

Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee

Queen 15 - 17 mm
Workers 10 - 14 mm
Male 11 - 14 mm

Morrison's Bumble Bee

Large Bumble Bee

Queen 22 - 26 mm
Worker 12 - 22 mm
Male 15 - 20 mm

Nevada Bumble Bee

Large body

Queen 24 - 25 mm
Worker 15 - 21 mm
Male 16 - 19 mm

American Bumble Bee

Queen 22 - 26 mm
Worker 13 - 19 mm
Male 15 - 21 mm

Western Bumble Bee

Queen 20-21 mm
Workers 9 - 15 mm
Male 12 - 16 mm

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Queen 18 - 21 mm
Female 8 - 17 mm
Male 10 - 15 mm

Forest Bumble Bee

Small body, long hair

Queen 15 - 17 mm
Worker 10 - 14 mm
Male 11 - 14 mm

Nearctic Bumble Bee

Queen 15 - 19 mm
Workers 8 - 14 mm
Male 8 - 13 mm

Van Dyke's Bumble Bee

Small body

Queen 14 - 18 mm
Worker 10 - 14 mm
Male 10 - 13 mm

Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Queen 18 - 21 mm
Workers 11 - 17 mm
Male 13 - 16 mm

Red-belted Bumble Bee

Small body

Queen 17 - 18 mm
Workers 9 - 13 mm
Male 11 - 15 mm

Yellowish Cuckoo-Bumble Bee

Female 17 - 18 mm
Male 11 - 15 mm
No worker